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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐν- ( en- ) + πνέω ( pnéō ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /em.pné.ɔː/ → /emˈpne.o/ → /emˈbne.o/
Verb
ἐμπνέω • (empnéō )
to blow or breathe upon
( intransitive ) to breathe , live , be alive
to breathe of
( transitive ) to blow into, swell ( a sail )
to breathe into, inspire
Conjugation
Present:
ἐμπνέω ,
ἐμπνέομαι (Contracted only in
-ει- )
Imperfect:
ἐνέπνεον (Contracted only in
-ει- )
number
singular
dual
plural
first
second
third
second
third
first
second
third
active
indicative
ἔμπνευσᾰ
ἔμπνευσᾰς
ἔμπνευσε (ν )
ἐμπνεύσᾰτον
ἐμπνευσᾰ́την
ἐμπνεύσᾰμεν
ἐμπνεύσᾰτε
ἔμπνευσᾰν
subjunctive
ἐμπνεύσω ,ἐμπνεύσωμῐ
ἐμπνεύσῃς ,ἐμπνεύσῃσθᾰ
ἐμπνεύσῃ ,ἐμπνεύσῃσῐ
ἐμπνεύσητον
ἐμπνεύσητον
ἐμπνεύσωμεν
ἐμπνεύσητε
ἐμπνεύσωσῐ (ν )
optative
ἐμπνεύσαιμῐ
ἐμπνεύσαις ,ἐμπνεύσαισθᾰ ,ἐμπνεύσειᾰς
ἐμπνεύσειε (ν ),ἐμπνεύσαι
ἐμπνευσεῖτον
ἐμπνευσείτην
ἐμπνευσεῖμεν
ἐμπνευσεῖτε
ἐμπνευσεῖεν
imperative
ἔμπνευσον
ἐμπνευσᾰ́τω
ἐμπνεύσᾰτον
ἐμπνευσᾰ́των
ἐμπνεύσᾰτε
ἐμπνευσᾰ́ντων
passive
indicative
ἐμπνεύσθην
ἐμπνεύσθης
ἐμπνεύσθη
ἐμπνεύσθητον
ἐμπνευσθήτην
ἐμπνεύσθημεν
ἐμπνεύσθητε
ἐμπνεύσθησᾰν ,ἔμπνευσθεν
subjunctive
ἐμπνευσθῶ
ἐμπνευσθῇς
ἐμπνευσθῇ
ἐμπνευσθῆτον
ἐμπνευσθῆτον
ἐμπνευσθῶμεν
ἐμπνευσθῆτε
ἐμπνευσθῶσῐ (ν )
optative
ἐμπνευσθείην
ἐμπνευσθείης
ἐμπνευσθείη
ἐμπνευσθεῖτον ,ἐμπνευσθείητον
ἐμπνευσθείτην ,ἐμπνευσθειήτην
ἐμπνευσθεῖμεν ,ἐμπνευσθείημεν
ἐμπνευσθεῖτε ,ἐμπνευσθείητε
ἐμπνεύσθειεν ,ἐμπνευσθείησᾰν
imperative
ἐμπνεύσθητῐ
ἐμπνευσθήτω
ἐμπνεύσθητον
ἐμπνευσθήτων
ἐμπνεύσθητε
ἐμπνευσθέντων
active
passive
infinitive
ἐμπνεῦσαι /ἐμπνευσᾰ́μεν /ἐμπνευσᾰμέναι
ἐμπνευσθῆναι /ἐμπνευσθήμεναι
participle
m
ἐμπνεύσᾱς
ἐμπνευσθείς
f
ἐμπνεύσᾱσᾰ
ἐμπνευσθεῖσᾰ
n
ἐμπνεῦσᾰν
ἐμπνευσθέν
Quotations
New Testament,
Acts of the Apostles 9:1 :
Ὁ δὲ Σαῦλος ἔτι ἐμπνέων ἀπειλῆς καὶ φόνου εἰς τοὺς μαθητὰς τοῦ Κυρίου, προσελθὼν τῷ ἀρχιερεῖ Ho dè Saûlos éti empnéōn apeilês kaì phónou eis toùs mathētàs toû Kuríou, proselthṑn tôi arkhiereî Translation by KJVAnd Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest
Descendants
Further reading
“ἐμπνέω ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891 ) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges , New York: Harper and Brothers
ἐμπνέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935 ) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français , Paris: Hachette
ἐμπνέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924 ) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition , Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἐμπνέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
“ἐμπνέω ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago , since 2011
“ἐμπνέω ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940 ) A Greek–English Lexicon , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἐμπνέω ”, in Slater, William J. (1969 ) Lexicon to Pindar , Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G1709 in Strong, James (1979 ) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910 ) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language , London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited .